Not bad, does similar and a bit above damage as a SoD's main hit. Miss the splash damage of the sling though. But having another decent damage ranged without having to train archery can only be a good thing.

Against teams with high AC minions that use PL but the user doesn't feel the same way as you and would prefer vorpal over splash.

I personally do not see why people would want to PL to their high AC minion. I would think you would want to PL away from it to keep it alive even longer and continue taking less damage.

I'm really only focusing on PL because that seems to be your whole defense that splash > vorpal.

I will say that typically following some trial run after a change tweaks are usually made. Maybe a damage boost or increased vorpal will be required to make it worth using if it is not as is. Possibly having it target highest AC just to make things interest. We'll have to see.

Now I will say, the idea of a ranged weapon that attacks the back minion was nice too. Maybe in the future? The Compound Bow could use a boost. There was a time it was actually the most popular bow in CB.

I agree with Josh in that having it target highest AC Minion would solidify the niche this ranged weapon would fill. Again I think that just having an item upgraded is totally awesome and I want to thank NS and everyone who worked on this project!

Don't worry about HXBows in auctions, they show base 4, they are actually 5, the auction system.. for some reason, stores the name in a different place then the original table. But don't worry it is the correct base. :)